Unable to open .xlsx files in Microsoft Excel
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- CIFS
Issue
- Some .xlsx files fail to open
- Multiple errors are encountered when attempting to open one of these files, such as:
    - Sorry, we couldn't find <filename>
- Microsoft Excel cannot access the file <filename> there are several possible reasons
 
- The file name or path does not exist.
- The file is being used by another program.
- The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a currently open workbook. 
- Some of these errors may be reported on components of the space-delineated filename. For example, a file named "February 2024.xlsx" may experience the following errors:


- An impacted file can be copied to the local desktop, and from there has no issues opening in Excel
